Acclaimed British actor Ian McKellen said Monday Shakespeare acting helped him to play the wizard Gandalf in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. “Having played Shakespeare where you’re often required to be intensely naturalistic and the next minute rhetorical, speaking blank verse and rallying the troops maybe, that’s quite a good preparation for playing Gandalf,” McKellen told journalists. [More]
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James Ellis writes: Andy Serkis wanted to be a graphic artist before becoming an actor. He’s had many theatre, TV and film roles, appearing in Shooting The Past, Topsy-Turvy and 24 Hour Party People. Then he got the role of Gollum in the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, with advanced motion caption techniques allowing him to play the creature. The Return Of The King is out on December 17. (Watch the language here kiddies -Xo) [More]
Sidhe writes: The Columbus, OH Line Party for the Trilogy Tuesday showing at the AMC Lennox theater will be holding a Toys for Tots drive. All interested parties should bring a new toy with them on the big day. Boxes will be out in the lobby next to our Line Party headquarters table, and even if you are not planning on participating in Trilogy Tuesday, if you will be attending a movie at the theater at any point that day, you can and should also bring a toy for the drive. Toys for Tots donates toys to children of needy families. [More]
The folks at ican.org have tickets for the UK Premiere of ‘The Return of the King’. See how high you can go! [More]
Renound Tolkien author Douglas Anderson will be doing a chat about his anthology ‘Tales before Tolkien’ tonight at 9PM EST through Asimov’s
and the Sci-Fi Channel. [More]
And tomorrow (December 10th) he will be talking and signing books in the Chicago area at Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville. [More]
Liv Tyler talks to TORN
TORN staffer Treebark was the lucky man with the microphone at the Los Angeles Premiere of ‘The Return of the King’ on December 3rd 2003. In this chapter he chats with the lovely Liv Tyler. She tells David how ending the series has effected her and what she will take away from the experience. [TORN DIGITAL]